External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128126	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79059
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76063	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87526
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86739	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87897	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88109	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87576
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88379	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88058	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86246
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90898	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91501	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91024	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98530
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94416	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92012	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90656	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88515
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86328	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110102

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease